Novae Group plc : Novae Group plc : Annual Financial Report

Novae Group plc : Novae Group plc : Annual Financial Report
NOVAE GROUP PLC
Annual Financial Report
Novae Group plc ("the Company") confirms that the following documents were
posted to shareholders on 22 March 2013:
1.Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012
2.Notice of Annual General Meeting to be held on 1 May 2013
3.Proxy form for the Annual General Meeting to be held on 1 May 2013
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1 a copy of each of these documents has
been uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and is available for
inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
The documents are also available on the Company's website at www.novae.com.
Compliance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 6.3.5 ("DTR 6.3.5") -
Extracts from the 2012 Annual Report
The information below, which is extracted from the 2012 Annual Report, is
included solely for the purpose of complying with DTR 6.3.5 and the additional
requirements it imposes on the publication of Annual Financial Reports. It
should be read in conjunction with the Company's Preliminary Announcement
issued on 7 March 2013 (available on www.novae.com.). Together, these
constitute the material required by DTR 6.3.5 to be communicated to the media
in unedited full text through a Regulatory Information Service. This material
is not a substitute for reading the full 2012 Annual Report. All page numbers
and cross-references in the extracted information below refer to page numbers
in the 2012 Annual Report.
The information contained in this announcement and in the Preliminary
Announcement does not constitute the Company's statutory accounts, but is
derived from those statutory accounts. The statutory accounts for the year
ended 31 December 2012 have been approved by the Board and will be delivered
to the Registrar of Companies following the Company's Annual General Meeting.
The auditors have reported on those statutory accounts and their report was
unqualified, with no matters by way of emphasis, and did not contain any
statements under Section 498(2) of the Companies Act 2006 ("the Act")
regarding adequacy of accounting records and returns) or under Section 498(3)
of the Act (regarding provision of necessary information and explanations).
Appendix A - Directors' Responsibility Statement pursuant to Disclosure and
Transparency Rule 4
The following statement is extracted from page 58 of the 2012 Annual Report
and is repeated here for the purposes of compliance with DTR 6.3.5. This
statement relates solely to the 2012 Annual Report and is not connected to the
extracted information set out elsewhere in this announcement or the
Preliminary Announcement.
The directors confirm that to the best of our knowledge:
· the financial statements, prepared in accordance with the applicable
set of accounting standards, give a true and fair view of the assets,
liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the company and the
undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and
· the Business and Financial reviews contained in this report (on
pages 2 to 32) include a fair review of the development and performance of the
business and the position of the Group. In addition, the risk disclosures (on
pages 68 to 90) describe the principal risks and uncertainties faced by the
Group.
Appendix B - Related Party Transactions
During the period 1 January 2013 to 26 March 2013, there were no transactions,
loans or proposed transactions between the Company and any related parties
which were material to either the Company or the related party, or which were
unusual in their nature or conditions (see also Note 31 to the Annual Report
on page 112).
Enquiries:
Teresa Furmston 020 7903 7300
Group Company Secretary
26 March 2013
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